Stamp point 1 / Eckertalsperre (dam wall)

The Eckertalsperre is idyllically nestled in the Harz landscape between Bad Harzburg and the Brocken.

The reser­voir is used to sup­ply drink­ing water to the cities of Braun­schweig, Wolfen­büt­tel and Wolfs­burg. The water is piped to the Lewer­berg ele­vat­ed reser­voir near Lieben­burg, where the drink­ing water from the Grane­tal dam also arrives. From there, a pipeline con­tin­ues to Thieder Lin­den­berg and on to the cities of Braun­schweig and Wolfsburg. 

At the time of the divi­sion of Ger­many, the inner-Ger­man bor­der ran through the mid­dle of the reser­voir and dam, two thirds of which was only acces­si­ble to the pub­lic on the west­ern side. The east­ern part of the dam crest was sep­a­rat­ed by a wall and barbed wire. The for­mer bor­der col­umn has been pre­served and sev­er­al infor­ma­tion boards have been added. 

The Eckertalsperre was voted the most beautiful stamp site in 2007 by our hiking friends.

The short­est access route starts at the Tater­n­bruch park­ing lot just behind the Radau water­fall at the end of Bad Harzburg in the direc­tion of Torfhaus. From the park­ing lot, there is a clear­ly sign­post­ed hik­ing trail that leads direct­ly to the dam. 

The hike can be per­fect­ly com­bined with oth­er stamp points to form a cir­cu­lar tour, e.g. Ski­denkmal HWN 19, Molken­haus HWN 169, Raben­klippe HWN 170, Kreuz des deutschen Ostens HWN 122, or Aus­sicht­sre­ich HWN 121.